Yup, and often the same guys preaching both. Stems from a feeling of powerlessness or failure in their own personal lives, so they rationalize it by playing victim and deducing that straight, white, Conservative men have secretly become the oppressed minority in society.
I think you(and other men's right opponents) are conflating two issues here. Yes, middle aged white conservative men, do play the "oppressed white male meme" way too much, and it is usually uninformed and misdirected. I will also concede that a lot of these same men have attached themselves to the MRA and are bringing that issue to the table. However, the MRA is nonpartisan and is for reducing cultural misandry that affects all men.
With that being said, it is easy for critics to laugh, and patronise the issue of the "oppressed white male" because it is politically correct to view heterosexual white males as the uber class. However, that is not what is happening to
working class white males. This is a classism issue. If we look at working class white males under 35 - they have been raised in multicultural society that values people from all backgrounds, race, gender, etc. They went to schools that preached the values of feminism and multiculturalism, and they completely bought into those values.
They were also told that white males are racist, privileged, contributed to rape culture, and are the cause of all of the earths problems, and they bought that too. So, you have a demographic of young, working class white men who are, sensitive, creative, non racist and gender inclusive. Then they go out into the real world. And their lived experiences are completely different from what gynocentric culture tells them.
Higher education is hostile towards them. They can't find decent and well paying jobs. Health care is not inclusive towards them. They are more likely to kill themselves. They are most likely to suffer from depression. They are more likely to be homeless. And what does feminism tell them to do when they live these experiences?
Man up. Check your privilege.
I want to make it clear that this is not a issue effecting upper middle class and rich white males. But working class and poor white males are suffering. They are suffering and also being told that they are racist, potential rapist, contribute to rape culture and are privileged, which goes against everything that they have lived. It is the opposite of their lived experiences. We need to address this issue and address it quickly because working class Y generation white males are becoming increasingly frustrated in a society that throws them in the trash.
The education system used to mostly fail black men, now, it is failing both black men and working class white males. That is why you see these two demographics becoming MRA's more than anyone else.
College campuses will burn in the next decade if this issue is ignored.
Feminism has, and always will do a horrible job of addressing classism. I am getting sick of Ivy Leauge educated white women trying to direct and monopolize the lives of black and working class white men.
I really hope you come out of this fog. I hate seeing men willingly throw themselves under the bus like this in such a state of abject denial.
